Theater

Theater

James Rogers, an MFA student in Theatre Technology, will receive the Bernhard R. Works, Frederick A. Buerki Scenic Technology Award, known as “The Golden Hammer Award,” from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT).

In April, the steps of Old Main will be used as more than an entrance into Penn State’s administrative home. The School of Theatre will stage a production of “Julius Caesar” on the steps, with three performances at 7:30 p.m. April 15 to 17.

Travis DeCastro, Gerardo Edelstein, Maria Baukus, and Bill Kelly discuss the upcoming production of "Julius Caesar" and Philharmonic Orchestra concert that will take place on the steps of Old Main. The play will be presented April 15-17, 7:30 p.m.

The Committee for Early Modern Studies will present a lecture by Wendy Heller, professor of music and director of the program in Italian studies at Princeton University. Heller's lecture, "Sylvan Fantasies: The Locus Amoenus in Seicento Opera," will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in Palmer Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.

Bill Mitas, instructor of theater arts at Penn State New Kensington, has selected the cast for the spring production of "Into the Woods," a dark comedy based on characters from the books by the Brothers Grimm. The campus production will run April 16 to 18 in the campus' Forum Theatre.

The Penn State Berks Theatre Department will present "The Vagina Monologues," the award-winning play based on V-Day founder and playwright Eve Ensler’s interviews with more than 200 women, at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium.

On Monday, Jan. 26, Penn State School of Music and School of Theatre faculty member Mark Ballora will give the first talk in a new brown-bag Lunchtime Lectures series featuring innovative projects that integrate arts and design research with science and technology.

The United Nations Association of Centre County and the University Libraries will present a reading of professor Charles Dumas’s new play, “Reconciliation,” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.

Paige L. and Arthur J. Nagle, a 2003 honorary graduate and 1961 graduate in Arts and Letters respectively, have created a $2 million endowment to establish the Nagle Family Endowed Chair in Musical Theatre. Cary Libkin, longtime head of Penn State’s musical theatre program, will be the first to hold this position.

Penn State Berks Theatre students were recently recognized at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Region 2. Theatre students Arielle Smith, Julia Elberfeld, Christopher Crawford, and Brandon Reimer traveled to Cleveland, Ohio with their professor, James N. Brown, from January 2–6, 2015.